thegux - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Linux package management is a mess (Score 1) 132

by thegux on Monday July 20, 2009 @08:34PM (#28764233) Attached to: Linux Distributions' Tracking of Upstream Projects Examined

This is something I can definitely relate too. However, I find that project-specific PPAs solve most of these problems. For the projects you've mentioned:

I couldn't find one for FileZilla. In most cases though, there will be a PPA with up-to-date packages of the stuff you want.

Comment Re:Read "Getting Things Done" (Score 1) 601

by thegux on Thursday June 25, 2009 @07:47PM (#28474795) Attached to: How To Get Out of Developer's Block?

I was just going to say this, I'll second a reading of Getting Things Done (link to PDF).

Comment Re:License (Score 1) 325

by thegux on Monday June 22, 2009 @06:40PM (#28430451) Attached to: Concrete Comparisons of Theora Vs. Mpeg-4

sudo apt-get install lame works fine in Ubuntu

Comment Re:ruby's irb (Score 1) 776

by thegux on Monday March 09, 2009 @09:04PM (#27129193) Attached to: Favorite on-screen calculator?

irb -m is great for maths. It includes things like Math and matrix.rb by default, and dividing two Fixnums returns a Rational:

irb(main):001:0> 2 / 3
=> 2/3

Comment Re:ruby's irb (Score 1) 776

by thegux on Monday March 09, 2009 @03:51PM (#27125725) Attached to: Favorite on-screen calculator?

irb -mm

Comment Re:I am afraid, there is lack of direction for Rub (Score 1) 226

by thegux on Sunday February 01, 2009 @01:20PM (#26685233) Attached to: Ruby 1.9.1 Released

Ruby on Rails is not a language.

Comment Re:Twice as fast... (Score 0) 226

by thegux on Sunday February 01, 2009 @01:05PM (#26685127) Attached to: Ruby 1.9.1 Released

This is completely untrue.

Comment Re:Full 'nix for arm? (Score 1) 262

by thegux on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @11:47AM (#26546621) Attached to: Ubuntu Mobile Looks At Qt As GNOME Alternative

How many programmers cant be bothered to use the standard shortcut keys of the system(s) they target with their programs? Particularly in X, unfortunately, many even deliberately remove the ability of the user to *set* those keys to the standard they are used to? (Yes, I'm looking at you Gnome.)

I don't know how long this has been there, but I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 and if you go into System -> Preferences -> Appearance, in the Interface tab you can tick a box to give you "Editable menu shortcut keys", which as far as I know enables editable shortcuts Gnome-wide (it works in Gedit anyway).

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